How to Measure the Phase Diffusion Dynamics in the Micromaser

F. Casagrande; A. Ferraro; A. Lulli; R. Bonifacio; E. Solano; Herbert Walther

How to Measure the Phase Diffusion Dynamics in the Micromaser

F. Casagrande, A. Ferraro, A. Lulli, R. Bonifacio, E. Solano, Herbert Walther

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We propose a realistic scheme for measuring the micromaser linewidth by monitoring the phase diffusion dynamics of the cavity field. Our strategy consists of exciting an initial coherent state with the same photon number distribution as the micromaser steady-state field, singling out a purely diffusive process in the system dynamics. After the injection of a counterfield, measurements of the population statistics of a probe atom allow us to derive the micromaser linewidth in all ranges of the relevant parameters, establishing experimentally the distinctive features of the micromaser spectrum due to the discreteness of the electromagnetic field. © 2003 The American Physical Society.

Idioma original	Español
Publicación	Physical Review Letters
Volumen	90
Estado	Publicada - 1 ene. 2003
Publicado de forma externa	Sí

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